Mating behaviour and maternal care in the tropical savanna funnel-web spider Aglaoctenus lagotis Holmberg (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 45, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1119-1129

  Stefani, V ^a,b   del Claro, K ^b   Silva, L A ^a   Guimaraes B ^a   Tizo Pedroso, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PRESIDENTE ANTÔNIO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Food regurgitation; Haematodochal expansion; Lycosidae; Palp insertion

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL CUE; COCOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; MATERNAL CARE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; SURVIVORSHIP; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AGLAOCTENUS LAGOTIS; ARANEAE; DIPLURIDAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 79957545315     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.552802     Document Type: Article

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